Orlando Bonsai » Crossostephium Sinesis https://www.orlandobonsai.com The purpose of this site is to share and enjoy the art, history and horticulture of bonsai and to provide current bonsai news and information. Sun, 19 Sep 2021 06:47:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Fall – Orlando Style https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=802 https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=802#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:59:22 +0000 http://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=802 Well Fall is here, and sometimes it even feels like it. In Orlando our weather ranges from the 60′s – 80′s during the day and 40′s – 50′s at night. So most of the time it just feels like a really nice Spring day. However it is officially Fall so I thought I’d take a look at the trees for some evidence.


According to my Bougainvillea it is Spring time and time to flower. The poor thing is a little confused because of our warm weather.


The Crossostephium Sinesis isn’t doing much better and has manage to put out one more flower for the year. Not a very exciting bloom, but still interesting to see.


The Bald Cypress has figured it out and is ready for next year all ready. It has pretty much lost all of its leaves but have a few branches with bud loaded and ready to pop next Spring.


However there is no fooling my Trident Maples. They know it is Fall and time to drop their leaves to prepare for next Sping. This is an exciting and active time in Bonsai because most of the wiring and styling happens while these trees are dormant. Fall colors in Orlando are usually pretty boring so I chose to show this picture in Black and White.


]]> https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?feed=rss2&p=802 0 Trunk size https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=140 https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=140#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:47:18 +0000 http://orlandobonsai.com/blog/?p=127

This is the trunk this huge canopy has been hiding. It is only a 2 1/2 years old and already over a 2″ trunk. It has great bark and lovely movement. I believe next year this will make the transition to a bonsai. July 2005


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April 2005 – Each year I find that I have to cut back the new growth to promote growth for the next year. You can see how the new foliage comes in a bit green.


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In this picture you can see two very small yellow flowers in the center of the foliage. In the Fall these tree flower, however they should be pulled off as soon as they show because it causes the tree to die back a bit.

In the spring of 2004 I removed about 75% of the branches to grow clippings. This left a very curvy truck that has grown to about 1 1/2″ in such a short period of time. However the tree put out new shoots almost immediately and is back to its bushy self. I’m not certain when I will turn this into a Bonsai, but it is promising to be something very special. (December 2004)


]]> https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?feed=rss2&p=134 0 Crossostephium Sinesis (A gift, Feb 2003) https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=131 https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=131#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:42:03 +0000 http://orlandobonsai.com/blog/?p=118

It is a tropic plant, and grows very fast. Very uncommon, however gaining attention as a bonsai. This tree is only 1 1/2 years old and has nearly a 1/2″ trunk. Just letting it grow out and develop branches before working on this one. (September 2003)


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